> The GPL already makes it so you cannot translate to another programming language to circumvent the license
The operative words are the last four there. GPL, and all other software licenses (copyleft or not), can only bind you as strongly as the underlying copyright law. They are providing a copyright license that grants the licensee favorable terms, but it's still fundamentally the same framework. Anything which is fair use under copyright is also going to be fair use under the GPL (and LLMs are probably transformative enough to be fair use, though that remains to be seen.)
> and LLMs are probably transformative enough to be fair use, though that remains to be seen.
Arguably, at least in the US, it has been seen. Unless someone comes up with a novel argument not already advanced in the Anthropic case about why training an AI on otherwise legally acquired material is not transformative enough to be fair use, I don't see how you could read the ruling any other way.
The operative words are the last four there. GPL, and all other software licenses (copyleft or not), can only bind you as strongly as the underlying copyright law. They are providing a copyright license that grants the licensee favorable terms, but it's still fundamentally the same framework. Anything which is fair use under copyright is also going to be fair use under the GPL (and LLMs are probably transformative enough to be fair use, though that remains to be seen.)